Red tide growing in greater St Helena Bay area along the West Coast
(WorldNews Africa)

CAPE TOWN - A harmful algal bloom, better known as a red tide, has been building up at Elands Bay on the West Coast, about 220km north of Cape Town, and has resulted in several marine species washing up on the beach, the environment, forestry, and fisheries department said on Sunday. These included, rock lobsters, octopus, white mussels, and some fish species. Weather conditions were not favourable at the moment as a north-westerly wind was...